In this ref storm, Cleere very much man in the middle

There’s no value in told-you-so’s and there’s no satisfaction in them either but what happened yesterday was in the offing.

Seán Cleere, in my opinion, should not have been appointed to take charge of this All-Ireland semi-final. Firstly - I don’t think he had done enough to be given the job and then with Kilkenny in the other semi-final the day before it only added to the pressure on him.